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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1980
Page
13
A simple scrap lumber project yields a bird feeder mounted by a bay window. Within a week a red-bellied woodpecker and cardinals discover it, turning skepticism into success as birds visit regularly.
An explosion at Mountain Ice and Coal Co in Pueblo releases dangerous ammonia gas killing founder Lynn L. Belcher, 81, two hours after the blast. Eighteen others, mostly first responders, suffer inhalation injuries. police evacuate about nine blocks and residents return later.
Scientists plan 18th century whaling techniques to cut open the 35 foot Delaware River whale to determine its cause of death. They face a public landfill shortage as they seek space to operate on the 17 ton carcass. The whale is the first to travel so far upriver in 171 years and police describe it as big gray and stinking.
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